nine lives
Example Sentences
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There is a saying that "cats have nine lives" - but the Lionesses seem to have an infinite number at Euro 2025.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025
They gave life — nine lives — to our rarely running cement eyesore.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024
It’s likely that other similar situations have given rise to the adage that cats have nine lives.
From Scientific American • Jul. 24, 2023
Those and other Labor Day blazes burned more than 1.2 million acres in Oregon, destroyed upward of 5,000 homes and structures, and claimed nine lives.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023
An American battery, its slogan offering nine lives.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
